Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-07-23
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n Dr. ouver wendell Holmes l Am
speaking ABOUT, one OF the TWO SURVIVORS of
that splendid period OF American literature
which gave us Longiell0w, Motley, Ener.
son, anu Lowell.
The doctors study IN the house In Beacon
.trest looks out over the Charles River, and
sa question whether ths view from the
lions on the water ike lsvclins OF glittering
silver, or In tho day, whom the gray stream
ho~ing to the sea, and the spires and towers
OF 'Ampfiuso, Win tne green NUS OF Ar
lipgton ahd belmont beyond, are visible. II
IL ~ all times view OF which Boston people
arc very proud ana, aside from its beauty,
IL has the aided interest 70 the doctor en-
eompassinR nearly all tho scenes Of his youth
And OF MS manhood TOO
tie WAS oorn ~ CAmorioge, ana went To
school o. tCamDriusePort and both OF those
plsces are In sight rom MS windows all Ms
past Is uniolded there, and when he turns
from the DOCK or manuscript on his desk,
--nsar which hangs the portrait OF his re-
no~ned sncestress, Dorothy q, he
can see the paths his ieet have followed since
the beginning OF his lite.
lie can SEQ himself at various ages: tho ur-
chin strAggling to school, through fields
which are green only In the memory now
the Harvard student; and then, In one per
son, the college professor and the famous
thor. NO doupt ne nnus IL hard 70 believe
that tho urchin WAS not another fellow alto
Hetbsr, instead OF the self same saping tina,
Ge himself once WAS but thouuh tho iden-
tity is confusing, he can remember the boy
we'll, and all his queer fancies, anusements,
and chumA
moderately stndious boy he was fond
Nights iona Oh Whispering anu whittiihs
~ his desk snowea litue mschievous